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Week One Assignments

Teresa E. Sampson

Trevecca Nazarene University

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Week One Assignments

This document contains the four assignments for week one. The first assignment section

consists of a list of my top three interest areas in the future of instructional technology. The

second section includes a list of the top ten instructional design trends. The third section

includes a list of challenges impacting instructional design and strategies for addressing each.

The fourth section is an outline of standards for instructional designers. The final section

contains a link to my instructional design Pinterest Board.

Top Three Interest Areas in the Future Trends in Instructional Technology

This section consists of a listing of my top three interest areas from the video on the

future trends in instructional technology as presented by Prentice (2013).

1. Hybrid cloud computing

2. Game based learning
3. Augmented reality

Reference

Prentice, C. (2013). 10 future trends in instructional technology 2. Retrieved from

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJ-JL3RJL2g

Top Ten Trends in Instructional Design

For this assignment, I will list the top ten trends in instructional design, as mentioned by

Hippolyte (2013):

1. Cloud will replace the pendrive (jumpdrive)

2. Increase use of technology in the classroom
3. Increase in the quality and quantity of MOOCs
4. Elimination of books as we know them
5. Increase in smart learning, from black boards to smart boards
6. Change in the contents of the instructional designers / teachers toolbox
7. Increase in designers designing for education
8. Schools in the cloud
9. Schools will nurture creativity
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10. Technology takes over

Reference

Hippolyte, M. (2013, November 30). Top 10 trends for 2015 in the fields of instructional design,

technology and distance education. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=aj6BICvHx2I&feature=youtu.be

Facing 21st Century Instructional Design Challenges

In this section, I will list the challenges that impact instructional design, as presented by

BOnlineLearning (2014), and strategies to address each one.

The instructional designer does the training by themselves with the change in

technology. Instructional designers need to have many resources available to them

so they can effectively do their jobs and stay abreast of new technology.
Most people have stumbled into the industry and are working with limited resources.

Instructional designers should take advantage of the new technology so they can

design training that makes the most efficient use of their budget and knowledge
The world has changed for the learner. Instructional designers should design

training to meet the ever-changing needs of learners using new technology, such as

social, informal, and mobile learning.

There are many opportunities for people to get information. Instructional designers

need to take advantage of the available opportunities to reach learners, online, mobile,

social, etc.
Things arent changing that fast. Instructional designers can become overwhelmed

by all of the new technology, but they should remember that the E-learning process

and industry really hasnt changed that much.

Instructional designers may have to wear a lot of hats. Instructional designers need

to allow technology to empower them and use it to improve their training programs.
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Learning happens anyway. Instructional designers need to make sure their training

is designed with the appropriate audience in mind so that the content is relevant.
What is instructional design? It is about crafting a learning experience that is

appropriate to the learners; information-based versus performance-based. When

possible, try to do performance-based programs.

Instructional designers usually have a budget. Most need for resources occur at the

end of the design process, usually at the delivery point, so instructional designers

should plan for that.

People need information, usually in small pieces to do tasks or to learn something.

Designers should create micro-learning modules or materials to accommodate this on-

demand need.
People learn better when they are engaged. Learners should be able to create things

in the learning environment so they can learn in a hands-on environment and

assimilate social learning into the process.

Reference

BOnlineLearning. (2014, April 10). Facing 21st century instructional design challenges.

Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOxJCtENRsk

Competencies for the New-Age Instructional Designer

This section includes an outline of the standards for instructional designers as emphasized

by Sims and Koszalka (n.d.).

Competency Standards

International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) standards Technology competencies

United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) standards

training for educators in information and communication technology

ibstpi standards international standards for instructional designers

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Professional foundations
o Effective communication
o Stay updated on new skills and technology
o Ethical and legal issues of design
Planning and analysis
o Conducting needs assessments
o Design curriculum
o Incorporate multiple techniques for designing content
o Identify target audience and characteristics of environment
o Consider the situation for finalizing design and strategies
Design and development
o Incorporate multiple techniques for designing content
o Design content that takes into consideration diversity of learners
Implementation and management
o Promote collaboration, partnerships and relationships for learners

Enhanced Competencies

Learner/learning design
Interactive architect or learning environment architect

Reference

Sims, R. & Koszalka, T. (n.d.). Competencies for the new-age instructional designer. Capella

University, Woodburn, New South Wales, Australia. Retrieved from

http://www.aect.org/edtech/edition3/ER5849x_C042.fm.pdf

Web 2.0 OER Tool Pinterest

This section includes the link to my Pinterest board for instructional design.

https://www.pinterest.com/teresatsampson/instructional-design/